SIGH....really, are you really asking this question? Is it the 1950's, when this was a new thing?

1. This is a bathroom electrical product. They are only sold with 2-pin plugs.
2. This is to fit the unique 2-pin socket in your bathroom.
3. Why do they have that weird socket in your bathroom, instead of 3-pin, you ask?
4. It's so that you don't plug in anything unsafe in your bathroom - like electric heaters, TVs, or anything else that doesn't like condensation, water, etc. So you don't knock your TV into the bath and die, you know.
5. question answered?

More info for the fascinated people of this thread....

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=959418

not cheapest but close ....



Thanks OP!

Boots rrp is 199 but they selling for 42.......is rrp really 199?

there is a "6000" variant selling also ..

Low price....buuuuut....

'The Cochrane Oral Health group – an internationally recognised organisation that reviews clinical trails in oral health – compared trials that had been performed with almost 4,000 participants. It found that electric brushes with a rotating oscillating action could reduce plaque by 11% and gingivitis by 6%. However, the majority of electric brushes only seemed to perform about as well as the manual ones.

They couldn’t find conclusive evidence that electric brushes are better than manual brushes in the long term. '

Tempted, but it works out better value to buy one of the cheaper models say the Oral B 2500 and buy the brushes seperately as opposed to them bundled as they are here, as most reviewers of this brush on Amazon seem to suggest.

These sold out fast!

Thanks for posting, heat added :smiley:

that's what HUKD does for you :wink:

deal posters should get a share of the wealth HUKD gets :disappointed: (imo)

isnt the wealth that you also grab a deal at some point ...

Not quite the conclusion. Taken from the Cochrane Report dated 17/06/14:

"The evidence produced shows benefits in using a powered toothbrush when compared with a manual toothbrush. There was an 11% reduction in plaque at one to three months of use, and a 21% reduction in plaque when assessed after three months of use. For gingivitis, there was a 6% reduction at one to three months of use and an 11% reduction when assessed after three months of use. The benefits of this for long-term dental health are unclear."

"Authors' conclusions:
Powered toothbrushes reduce plaque and gingivitis more than manual toothbrushing in the short and long term. The clinical importance of these findings remains unclear. Observation of methodological guidelines and greater standardisation of design would benefit both future trials and meta-analyses."

is the oral 4000 triumph not still on sale for 19.99 in waitrose?

just get it delivered

I got one of these, and it comes with a shaver style euro plug on it, how the hell you meant to charge that in the UK?

​Ok.... Why doesn't it come with a UK plug, being sold in the UK, from a UK shop?
You don't buy a TV with the end result being I'll need to go to the "pound shop".

or when its half five in the morning and your half asleep you can just stand there and let the brush do all the work :confused:

SIGH....really, are you really asking this question? Is it the 1950's, when this was a new thing?

1. This is a bathroom electrical product. They are only sold with 2-pin plugs.
2. This is to fit the unique 2-pin socket in your bathroom.
3. Why do they have that weird socket in your bathroom, instead of 3-pin, you ask?
4. It's so that you don't plug in anything unsafe in your bathroom - like electric heaters, TVs, or anything else that doesn't like condensation, water, etc. So you don't knock your TV into the bath and die, you know.
5. question answered?

More info for the fascinated people of this thread....

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=959418

It is intended to be stored and charged in a bathroom where there are not normally 3 pin UK plugs. Indeed this one has a special stand for the brush and heads into which the inductive charging element fits.

BTW - Good brush. I got one and it comes with 3 heads (floss, sensitive and whitening). Also a Red "over-pressure LED". But swapping heads on a frequent basis seems like too much bother...

You mean swapping every three months?

No the heads are all different... it would make no sense to do 3m with flossing then 3m with whitening then 3m with sensitive. The different heads are supposed to be used for different purposes during the same time period.
... but I am baffled by this aspect of the product.

You use all the heads, find the one that works for you then buy those from then onwards

Are you being serious?? Any item which is designed to be used in a bathroom comes with a 2pin plug. It isn't an EU plug, it's a shaving socket plug.